By Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images President Obama will make an announcement sometime next week on "the way forward" in health care, spokesman Robert Gibbs said today. The big question: Will he support congressional "reconciliation," a legislative process that could enable Democrats to pass Obama’s comprehensive $950 billion health care plan and avoid a […]
Archives for February 2010
GOP Obstruction On Unemployment Compensation (Video) #p2 #politics #tcot
Republicans care more about blocking than their own constituency. This video shows Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky obstructing a motion to move unemployment compensation forward even though his state is disproportionately affected by the recession.
Highlights From Healthcare Summit #p2 #tcot #politics #hcr
President Obama Opens the Health Reform Meeting President Obama lays out the plan for the day and his hopes for what can be accomplished. He talks about where we’re at now and why this meeting is so necessary: "Politics, I think, ended up trumping practical common sense. I said at the State of the Union, […]
H1N1: Pandemic was emotional as well as physical
By Madison Park, CNN February 23, 2010 10:47 a.m. EST (CNN) — Last spring, U.S. doctors’ offices were barraged with phone calls and worried patients packed into hospitals. Schools closed. Face masks and Tamiflu were suddenly in short supply. The country verged on an H1N1 panic. The new flu virus, first widely reported in […]
Pelosi Calls Out Boehner’s Lies At Healthcare Summit #hcr #p2 #politics #tcot
I am a fan of Speaker Pelosi. She has more guts that every Democrat including the President. She is a proud liberal who have done all that was asked of her and she produced. Now if the men would the the country’s business we will have our bill. P
Obama Calls Out Lamar Alexander On His Facts: AP Fact Check #politics #p2 #tcot #hcr
By CALVIN WOODWARD First Posted: 02-25-10 01:41 PM | Updated: 02-25-10 WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama and a Republican lawmaker sparred Thursday over what might happen to health insurance premiums in an overhauled system, both cited a nonpartisan analysis that looked at that very question. The president gave a fairer summary of what […]
Rachel Maddow Expose GOP Lie On Reconciliation #p2 #politics #hcr #tcot
Rachel Maddow is fast becoming one of the most complete journalists on television bar none. Unlike most “journalists” that continue to be lazy, allowing politicians to spin without any challenge to any misinformation they make expound, she does her homework. The video below is a must see. Not only is it a must see but […]
Fact Check: Could — and would — the U.S. cut the Pentagon budget?
By Matt Smith, CNN February 24, 2010 — Updated 2004 GMT (0404 HKT) (CNN) — The Obama administration has called for a freeze on government programs other than defense and entitlements, but why should the Pentagon be excluded? That’s the position of CNN iReporters Egberto Willies and Adriana Maxwell, both of whom see […]
From Nearly Dead To Nearly Done: How The White House Refocused On Health Care To Finish It Off #hcr #p2 #politics
Congressional Democrats say Thursday’s health care summit is likely to clear final hurdles to passing health care reform – and say President Obama returning to the issue with a clear focus and specific health care proposal makes it easier for them to get it done. Health care reform was in hibernation after the special […]
President Obama’s Health Reform Plan Needs You Now #p2 #politics
Insurance companies and likely the drug companies are likely gearing up to kill healthcare reform once and for all. Only you can make a difference. Yesterday, the White House released President Obama’s health insurance reform proposal. It bridges the gap between the House and Senate bills, includes ideas from both parties to crack down […]
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